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Book Review: 20 Something Manifesto
My 30/20 Vision radio show co-host, Christine Hassler , has just released a new book for twenty-somethings called 20 Something Manifesto: Quarterlifers Speak Out about Who They Are, What They Want, and How to Get It. Christine began her post-college life
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30/20 Vision: New 20-Something Podcast Series!
I am really excited to share the debut of the new 30/20 Podcast series - especially for the 20-something woman who wishes she had a couple of big sisters to clue her in on the ins and outs of life after college. The series will feature me and my fellow
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What Millennials Want Out of Work
This week, I’m on a speaking tour at several corporations in the U.S. and abroad, training twenty-somethings and their managers on what recent college grads need to do in order to succeed in today’s business climate. As a result of meeting hundreds of
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How to Say No and Still Look Good
The following is an e-mail that came my way this week. Dear Alexandra: I graduated from college last year, so I’m still at the bottom of the totem pole at my company. I have four senior colleagues who delegate work to me, and they have no problem doing
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The Age of Under-Empowerment
A topic that’s been coming up a lot in my discussions with twenty and thirty-something employees is empowerment. Today’s younger workers want to come into a job and have the autonomy to take hold of projects and run with them self-sufficiently. However,
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Time-Tested Ways to Inspire Others
This week, my friend Lisa Haneberg at Management Craft had a great post on ways to inspire others. Here are some of the highlights: Take a stand. Share your perspective and be open. The most inspiring leaders have a strong vision for how things ought
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New Grads Blowing New Jobs?
In light of my post last week about the Millennial Generation , I received a few cranky e-mails grumbling that this generation expects the world to be handed to them on a silver platter, and that they’re coming into the workplace as confident know-it-alls.
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